Charlie Kirk
Suspect Tyler Robinson in Custody
Father Tipped Off FBI
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The man who allegedly shot Charlie Kirk has been identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson.
Robinson was turned in by his own father, according to President Trump, who broke that news on “Fox & Friends” Friday morning.
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Robinson lives in Utah and has been on the run since Kirk’s assassination Wednesday.
Robinson’s mother posted on her Facebook paged he aced his ACT and had a 4.0 GPA in High School — it was posted in August, 20202, when he was a senior. The mom posted a video of her son reading a letter, saying he received a $32,000 national scholarship to Utah State University.
The FBI and Utah’s Governor Spencer Cox held a news conference Thursday night, pleading for the public to provide leads, based on photographs from surveillance video taken at the school where Kirk was shot.
He was wearing a distinctive sweatshirt and his facial features were clear enough that his dad recognized he was the man on the roof when the single shot rang out.
The Charlie Kirk Show
We do not know the circumstances surrounding the capture and whether Robinson put up a fight.
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